I noticed Nootbaar was listed at 6'1 on the mlb official webpage, and was for sure he was listed at 6'3 before.
Did some digging and found out they all got laser measured for the ABS system.
I used the Wayback Machine to look at the roster before Spring Training and found several players shrunk.
Fermin is actually an inch taller.
Not listed means they stayed the same.
Pages 6'1" to 5'11
Fermin 5'9" to 5'10"
Gorman 6'1" to 6'
Winn 5'11" to 5'9"
Burleson 6'2" to 6'
Donovan 6'1" to 5'11"
Nootbaar 6'3" to 6'1"
Siani 6'1" to 5'11"
Walker is a legit 6'6"
wkycards wrote: ↑17 Mar 2025 21:53 pm
I noticed Nootbaar was listed at 6'1 on the mlb official webpage, and was for sure he was listed at 6'3 before.
Did some digging and found out they all got laser measured for the ABS system.
I used the Wayback Machine to look at the roster before Spring Training and found several players shrunk.
Fermin is actually an inch taller.
Not listed means they stayed the same.
Pages 6'1" to 5'11
Fermin 5'9" to 5'10"
Gorman 6'1" to 6'
Winn 5'11" to 5'9"
Burleson 6'2" to 6'
Donovan 6'1" to 5'11"
Nootbaar 6'3" to 6'1"
Siani 6'1" to 5'11"
Walker is a legit 6'6"
Even pro baseball players fudge their heights.
Fascinating stuff. The things people don't think of when talking about the robotic strike zone.
2 inches seems to be the favored exaggeration.
I wonder what else they exaggerate at pickup bars.
wkycards wrote: ↑17 Mar 2025 21:53 pm
I noticed Nootbaar was listed at 6'1 on the mlb official webpage, and was for sure he was listed at 6'3 before.
Did some digging and found out they all got laser measured for the ABS system.
I used the Wayback Machine to look at the roster before Spring Training and found several players shrunk.
Fermin is actually an inch taller.
Not listed means they stayed the same.
Pages 6'1" to 5'11
Fermin 5'9" to 5'10"
Gorman 6'1" to 6'
Winn 5'11" to 5'9"
Burleson 6'2" to 6'
Donovan 6'1" to 5'11"
Nootbaar 6'3" to 6'1"
Siani 6'1" to 5'11"
Walker is a legit 6'6"
wkycards wrote: ↑17 Mar 2025 21:53 pm
I noticed Nootbaar was listed at 6'1 on the mlb official webpage, and was for sure he was listed at 6'3 before.
Did some digging and found out they all got laser measured for the ABS system.
I used the Wayback Machine to look at the roster before Spring Training and found several players shrunk.
Fermin is actually an inch taller.
Not listed means they stayed the same.
Pages 6'1" to 5'11
Fermin 5'9" to 5'10"
Gorman 6'1" to 6'
Winn 5'11" to 5'9"
Burleson 6'2" to 6'
Donovan 6'1" to 5'11"
Nootbaar 6'3" to 6'1"
Siani 6'1" to 5'11"
Walker is a legit 6'6"
Even pro baseball players fudge their heights.
Or were they wearing shoes in one, and socks on the other?
At first, I thought it would be players lying to try and take advantage of ABS. But independent strength and conditioning personnel, along with representatives from Southwest Research Institute, measure players' heights to determine the strike zone boundaries.
Baseball America's prospect site still lists the old heights and has Nootbar at 6'3" lol.
ilcubuffs wrote: ↑18 Mar 2025 10:45 am
Would love to hear ownership, MO Ran, and Marmot word salad on how the discrepancies occurred.
Draft day/Physical day/Signing numbers. And that's how it is across the entire MLB, unless the player intentionally wants his changed...Walker grew, he asked for the Weight and Height to be changed.
Not a Mo or Marmot problem...it's a "History of MLB" problem...if it must be a problem at all
we have pitchers in the Minors that are still listed as 6'1", 140lbs...they were signed 7 years ago at 16 or 17 yo. The teams and MLB don't care about this
